Cin Reese's POV-D5
I wasn't sure how to proceed after Hush left me. This bracelet had proven useless. I wasn't sure if it was time to start advancing in these games or not. I did not want to kill people, but it was the hunger games. I had to kill someone, but how could I find them?
I began to head towards the old career camp. I still needed more water.
The anthem played, and the district 4 girl appeared. We all kept dying. I felt like the trees were pressing in on me. They were glaring at me for being alive whilst so many others died.
I ran. I couldn't stand the pressure anymore. I ran, I ran and ran until I reached the cornucopia. I held my face to the heated metal. It burned my face, but the pain anchored me to reality. I couldn't think, I couldn't breathe, I couldn't do anything, but struggle to grip reality. From some part of my brain, a thought arose; this is called an anxiety attack. I screamed. I know I did although I never heard it. Something spoke to me, from inside my mind. I banged my scalded forehead into the metal. I couldn't stand someone else. I needed them out. I fell over suddenly, vaguely aware of the intense thirst I felt. Dehydration. Go find water.
I dug my nails into the ground, struggling to remain sane. I knew the games affected people horribly. Not to mention the cameras watching me at this second. My hands flew to my face, and my eyes became wet. I needed to stop this nonsense, and get back to safety. I was so vulnerable. I became afraid of everything around me, the ground, the sky, the air. It was all out to kill me. I needed to get away, escape into a world of darkness, where I'd be safe.
I closed my eyes tight, and sat up.
"Prepare to die." A horrid voice said from a few feet away. I opened my eyes with growing horror. Silver Darksteel stood in front of me, a knife in each hand. I screamed, and she walked forward, I turned to run, but saw the back to the cornucopia. She grabbed my hair, and dragged me to the mouth of the cave. I was crying the whole time, she laughed, and smiled. I looked at her face, she looked…wild.
She took her knife, and began to cut my face. She soon got bored with my silence.
"What? No, begging? No, cussing? No, threatening? You're boring." She selected a long knife from her jacket, and plunged it through my chest. I could tell she damaged something important, lungs maybe. She left the knife, and stood up. She began to walk away, she looked back and I stood, blood staining the ground, knife in hand. I took two steps and fell on her. I felt the knife impale her. I felt her breathing slow, she pushed my off, but soon fell with her head at a strange angle.
I had much less time than her, but she would die. It's hard to live with a huge hole in your neck, after all.
Merritt Redding's POV-D3
The yellow bracelet I'd retrieved from the feast had proven to be useful. When I flexed my hand sparks appeared in my hand. I was gliding over a section of the trees, when a cannon shot surprised me, and I curled my back. I went in a death spiral, but I managed to catch a branch on the way down. I dropped 12 feet to the ground, and my ankles hurt, but I seemed fine. I turned, and froze when I caught sight of footprints, fresh ones. They led to a tree, and I looked up.
I met the blue eyes of Hush Owens, my district partner. We just stood that way for several minutes, until another cannon broke the silence. She came down out of the tree, and approached me like a frightened animal.
She looked me over with her eyes, and pointed to my yellow bracelet. I showed her how I could make sparks. She smiles, and pulls up her sleeve to reveal, a silver one. She takes a deep breath, and spins her arm in a circle. Air hits my face, and forces me to take a step back. She smiles, and I nod. Some how it feels wrong to talk around her, but I must.
"Alliance?" Her smile vanishes, but she nods anyway. We walk for a little while. I count up the remaining tributes; us, the boy from 9, both from 7, Cin, and the girl from 1. Minus 2.
Suddenly I'm thinking of Cin, and I can't take the thought of her being gone.
Yay! Final 5! I'm so excited to get started on my next SYOT. In case I confused you at the end, Silver and Cin did indeed die. Merritt is going to get an unpleasant surprise in the morning. I didn't edit this, so sorry if there's mistakes. Thank you all my loyal readers! Vote on my poll if you haven't already! The spots that have been reserved are-7girl, 6girl, 11boy, and 8girl. That's all so far, I think. All other spots are still open. I'm hoping for 3 or 4 more chapters on this, and then we'll be done. *tear* Thanks for reading! Please Review! I haven't gotten as many lately!